"caterpillars, which are shiny black with six rows of barbed spikes and a series of white dots on each segment, and which have a shiny black head, hatch after about a week. The chrysalis may be either grey, brown, or green in colour and may have a blackish tinge. The caterpillars grow up to 42 mm in length. The recorded food plants of the European peacock are stinging nettle (""Urtica dioica""), hop (""Humulus lupulus""), and the small nettle (""Urtica urens""). The adult butterflies drink nectar from a wide variety of flowering plants, including buddleia, willows, dandelions, wild marjoram, danewort, hemp"
"sustainable use in the Himalayas and East Africa. Plantlife own the following nature reserves: In 2002 Plantlife ran a competition to select county flowers for all counties of the UK. The general public was invited to vote for the bloom they felt most represented their county. The list was declared in 2004. Although sometimes contested, all have, to date, stuck. The one exception was the county flower of Norfolk: originally Alexanders won the vote. However, a campaign led by the Eastern Daily Press was successful in requesting a change to the poppy, which was felt to be more representative. Plantlife's"
"County flowers of the United Kingdom In 2002 Plantlife ran a ""County Flowers"" campaign to assign flowers to each of the counties of the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man. The results of this campaign designated a single plant species to a ""county or metropolitan area"" in the UK and Isle of Man.. Some English counties already had flowers traditionally associated with them before 2002, and which were different to those assigned to them by Plantlife, including the white rose for Yorkshire (assigned the harebell), the poppy for Norfolk (assigned the alexanders), and the cowslip for Essex (assigned the"
"county flower is a flowering plant chosen to symbolise a county. They exist primarily in the United Kingdom, but some counties in other countries also have them. One or two county flowers have a long history in England – the red rose of Lancashire dates from the Middle Ages, for instance. However, the county flower concept was only extended to cover the whole United Kingdom in 2002, as a promotional tool by a charity. In that year, the plant conservation charity Plantlife ran a competition to choose county flowers for all counties, to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth"
"not include such recommendations, apparently due to lack of expression of support for the proposal to the commission. As part of a 2002 marketing campaign, the plant conservation charity Plantlife chose the Grass-of-Parnassus as the county flower. Parnassus flowers had been associated with the county since 1951, when they were included in the coat of arms granted to the Cumberland County Council. They subsequently featured in the arms granted to Cumbria County Council and Copeland Borough Council, in both cases to represent Cumberland. In 2012, a flag based on the arms of the former Cumberland County Council was registered as"
"poppy). County flowers of the United Kingdom In 2002 Plantlife ran a ""County Flowers"" campaign to assign flowers to each of the counties of the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man. The results of this campaign designated a single plant species to a ""county or metropolitan area"" in the UK and Isle of Man.. Some English counties already had flowers traditionally associated with them before 2002, and which were different to those assigned to them by Plantlife, including the white rose for Yorkshire (assigned the harebell), the poppy for Norfolk (assigned the alexanders), and the cowslip for Essex (assigned"
"and red, with a huge variety of flower shapes and markings. They are often divided into the following main groups:- Over 100 varieties have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. In the language of flowers, pink Dianthus symbolize boldness. ""Dianthus gratianopolitanus"" – the Cheddar Pink – was chosen as the County flower of Somerset in 2002 following a poll by the wild flora conservation charity Plantlife. ""Dianthus Japonicus"" is the official flower of Hiratsuka City, Kanagawa Japan. Dianthus Dianthus is a genus of about 300 species of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae, native mainly to Europe"
"Plantlife, the county flower of Lincolnshire is the Common Dog-violet. In August 2005, BBC Radio Lincolnshire and ""Lincolnshire Life"" magazine launched a vote for a flag to represent the county. Six competing designs were voted upon by locals. The winning submission was unveiled in October 2005. Lincoln has its own flag – St George's flag with a Fleur-de-Lys. The Lincoln Imp has symbolised cathedral, city, and county for many years. In 2006 it was replaced as the brand of Lincolnshire County Council by the stylised version seen on the header here which has lost even the unique pose of the"
"Plantlife International launched its County Flowers campaign, asking members of the public to nominate and vote for a wild flower emblem for their county. Common cottongrass (""Eriophorum angustifolium""), a plant with fluffy white plumes native to wet hollows on high moors, was announced as the county flower of Greater Manchester. The house sparrow, common starling, and common blackbird are among the most populous bird species in Greater Manchester; Eurasian magpie and feral pigeon are common and breed in habitats across the county. The South Pennines support internationally important numbers of European golden plover, curlew, merlin and twite. Greater Manchester contains"
"Rochdale Canal harbours Floating Water-plantain (""Luronium""), an endangered aquatic plant. In 2002, Plantlife International launched its County Flowers campaign, asking members of the public to nominate and vote for a wild flower emblem for their county. Common cottongrass (""Eriophorum angustifolium""), a plant with fluffy white plumes native to wet hollows on high moors, was announced as the county flower of Greater Manchester. The grey squirrel was the most common wild mammal seen in Greater Manchester in 2012, and were reported in four out of five gardens; hedgehogs were seen in nearly half of all gardens surveyed; bats were seen in"
"Plantlife chose the cuckooflower as the county flower. Previously, a sheaf of golden wheat was the county emblem, a reference to the Earl of Chester's arms in use from the 12th century. The county is home to some of the most affluent areas of northern England, including Alderley Edge, Wilmslow, Prestbury, Tarporley and Knutsford, named in 2006 as the most expensive place to buy a house in the north of England. The former Cheshire town of Altrincham was in second place. The area is sometimes referred to as The Golden Triangle on account of the area in and around the"
"improve poor sandy soils with their nitrogen fixing ability and flowers; numerous cultivars have been selected for differing flower colour, including red, pink, white, blue, and multicoloured with different colours on different petals. Often hybrids between ""L. polyphyllus"" and ""L. arboreus"" are used, and sold under hybrid names such as Rainbow Lupins, Lupin Tutti Fruitti, and Band of Nobles (mixed), Chandelier (yellow), My Castle (red), Noble Maiden (white) The Chatelaine (pink), and The Governor (blue). They are very hardy plants, surviving extreme temperatures withstanding frost to at least and the wild varieties can easily become invasive and hard to dispose"
"spill, it is often used to reestablish vegetation. It is also grown as an ornamental plant. A white form, ""C. angustolium"" 'Album' is listed by the Royal Horticultural Society Fireweed is the floral emblem of Yukon. Rosebay Willowherb was voted the County flower of London in 2002 following a poll by the wild plant conservation charity Plantlife. Chamaenerion angustifolium Chamaenerion angustifolium, known in North America as fireweed, in some parts of Canada as great willowherb, and in Britain as rosebay willowherb, is a perennial herbaceous plant in the willowherb family Onagraceae. It is also known by the synonyms ""Chamerion angustifolium"""
"with an existing national flower: the ragwort or ""cushag"". The Channel Islands were not included. A total of 94 flowers was chosen in the competition. 85 of the 109 counties have a unique county flower, but several species were chosen by more than one county. Foxglove or ""Digitalis purpurea"" was chosen for four counties – Argyll, Birmingham, Leicestershire and Monmouthshire – more than any other species. The following species were chosen for three counties each: And the following species were chosen for two counties: In addition, Sticky Catchfly ""Lychnis viscaria"" was chosen for both Edinburgh and Midlothian, the county containing"
"many emblems. ""Eriophorum angustifolium"", commonly known as Cottongrass, is the county flower of Manchester. Cottongrass was selected because of Manchester's association with cotton, chiefly during the 19th century, when the city was given the nickname of Cottonopolis. On the Manchester City Council arms, the three golden diagonal stripes on the red shield are meant to symbolise the three rivers which run through Manchester city centre: the Irwell, the Irk and the Medlock. This heraldic device has been adopted in other popular symbols, such as in the logo of Manchester United F.C. until the early 1970s and Manchester City Football Club"
"Lea Rhododendron Gardens near Matlock, the Royal Horticultural Society recommended Bluebell Arboretum near Swadlincote, and the extensive gardens at Chatsworth House. As part of a 2002 marketing campaign, the plant conservation charity Plantlife chose the Jacob's-ladder as the county flower. In September 2006, a proposal for a county flag was introduced, largely on the initiative of BBC Radio Derby. The flag consists of a white-bordered dark green cross encompassing a golden Tudor rose (an historical symbol of the county) all set in a blue field. The blue field represents the many waters of the county, its rivers and reservoirs, while"
"provide them with protection against insects and animals. Certain extracts – water-soluble alkaloids – are similar to compounds tested for use in combating HIV and cancer. The bulbs of bluebells are used in folk medicine as a remedy for leucorrhoea, and as a diuretic or styptic, while the sap can be used as an adhesive. The bluebell may be regarded as the United Kingdom's ""favourite flower"". When the wild plant charity Plantlife organised a survey in 2004 to find a favourite flower for each county in the United Kingdom, it decided to ban voters from choosing the bluebell because it"
"as orchids such as Fragrant (""Gymnadenia conopsea""), Common Spotted (""Dactylorhiza fuchsii"") and Pyramidal (""Anacamptis pyramidalis""). Park Gate Down nature reserve is situated within the parish and is well known for its extensive downland flora. The site and the roadside nature reserve near the chalk pit are managed by Kent Wildlife Trust. Several other areas of land within the parish are maintained under the Countryside Stewardship Scheme whilst there are also designated Sites of Special Scientific Interest at Park Gate Down and Shuttlesfield Down. Elham Park Wood is owned and managed by the Forestry Commission. Local volunteers and farmers also carry"
"wild, although there are some notable sites where it is still found, such as the meadows at Magdalen College, Iffley Meadows, Oxford and the Oxfordshire village of Ducklington, which holds a ""Fritillary Sunday"" festival It is also found in the North Meadow National Nature Reserve, Wiltshire, Clattinger Farm Nature Reserve, Wiltshire and Fox Fritillary Meadow and Mickfield Meadow nature reserves in Suffolk. In 2002 it was chosen as the County flower of Oxfordshire following a poll by the wild flora conservation charity Plantlife. Now easily available as an ornamental spring bulb for the garden, it is commonly sold as a"
"Woodfield, nurserymen from Stratford-upon-Avon, who received the RHS Veitch Memorial Medal for their work on lupines in 2000. The Woodfields created more complex plants with more varied and vivid bi-coloured spikes, the red and yellow, and red and purple flowers are particular highlights of the ""Woodfield"" lupine variety. In 2009, Sarah Conibear who runs the Westcountry Nurseries, displayed several new varieties including the ‘Beefeater', about which the RHS writer Graham Rice commented ""[the beefeater] has what looks to be the best red lupine we've seen so far."" It is commonly used in gardens for its attractiveness to bees, ability to"
"World War I, it was used to dress wounds. In 2002, the County Flowers campaign of Plantlife International, which asked members of the public to nominate and vote for a wildflower emblem for each of the counties and metropolitan areas of the United Kingdom, resulted in ""Eriophorum angustifolium"" being announced as the County Flower of Greater Manchester. The species was named ""Eriophorum angustifolium"" in 1782 by the German botanist Gerhard August Honckeny. The German botanist Albrecht Wilhelm Roth published this name in 1788, referring to Honckeny's work, and is sometimes erroneously considered the author of the species name. The genus"
"United Kingdom, the plant is more common on the South Downs than anywhere else. This species grows mainly in grasslands, meadows, pasturelands and pine forests. It prefers full sun exposure on calcareous soils, at an altitude of above sea level. In the UK, its habitat is chalk grassland. The round-headed rampion is known colloquially in the county of Sussex, England as the Pride of Sussex. It is also the County flower of Sussex. As Sussex's county flower, its name was chosen for the Rampion Wind Farm, a wind farm off the coast of Sussex. Phyteuma orbiculare Phyteuma orbiculare, common name"
"generally accepted that the purple iris is the state flower. The blue flag is the provincial flower of Quebec, having replaced the Madonna lily which is not native to the province. The Purple Iris is the official flower of Kappa Pi International Honorary Art Fraternity. Iris versicolor Iris versicolor is also commonly known as the blue flag, harlequin blueflag, larger blue flag, northern blue flag, and poison flag, plus other variations of these names, and in Britain and Ireland as purple iris. It is a species of ""Iris"" native to North America, in the Eastern United States and Eastern Canada."
"caused by Huntington's disease. The leaves represent the protection, purpose, growth and development of the Huntington's community worldwide in its search for a cure and treatment. Hippeastrum Hippeastrum () is a genus of about 90 species and over 600 hybrids and cultivars of perennial herbaceous bulbous plants. They generally have large fleshy bulbs and tall broad leaves, generally evergreen, and large red or purple flowers. ""Hippeastrum"" is a genus in the family Amaryllidaceae (subfamily Amaryllidoideae, tribe Hippeastreae, and subtribe Hippeastrineae). The name ""Hippeastrum"", given to it by William Herbert, means ""Knight's-star-lily"", although precisely what Herbert meant by the name is"
"and the white-flowered 'Schneekrone'. The vigorous cultivar 'Superba', growing to , with rich blue flowers, has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. Campanula glomerata Campanula glomerata, known by the common names clustered bellflower or Dane's blood, is a species of flowering plant in the genus ""Campanula"", belonging to the family Campanulaceae. It is the county flower of Rutland, England. The etymology of this plant is quite intuitive: the genus Latin name (“campanula”), meaning small bell, refers to the bell-shape of the flower, while the specific name (""glomerata"") refers to the tight grouping of the flowers at the"
"raceme of crowded whorls of flowers each just over a centimeter long. The flower is often pale to bright yellow, but can be blue or pinkish. The fruit is a hairy, rounded or oval legume pod generally containing 2 seeds. Lupinus luteolus Lupinus luteolus is a species of lupine known by the common names pale yellow lupine and butter lupine. It is native to the coastal mountain ranges of Oregon and California as far south as the Transverse Ranges, where it grows in open habitat such as clearings and sometimes disturbed areas. It is an annual herb with a rigid"
"consider the plant to be poisonous. Kalmia latifolia Kalmia latifolia, commonly called mountain laurel, calico-bush, or spoonwood, is a broadleaved evergreen shrub in the heather family, Ericaceae, that is native to the eastern United States. Its range stretches from southern Maine south to northern Florida, and west to Indiana and Louisiana. Mountain laurel is the state flower of Connecticut and Pennsylvania. It is the namesake of Laurel County in Kentucky and the city of Laurel, Mississippi (founded 1882). It is an evergreen shrub growing to 3–9 m tall. The leaves are 3–12 cm long and 1–4 cm wide. Its flowers"
"and employs operational and customer service staff, and horticultural specialists. In 2012 the plant retailer supported the UK division of World Vision, one of the world’s leading aid agencies, to cultivate the rare Andean Lupin (Lupinus mutabilis) which the charity featured in its Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Chelsea Flower Show 2012 garden designed by RHS gold medal winning garden designers, FlemonsWarlandDesign At the 2012 RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show, two gardens featured plants supplied by plantify.co.uk. The Badger Beer Garden, and The 'Bridge Over Troubled Water' garden designed by Bestique's garden designer, Anoushka Feiler won three awards; Best in"
"of the flowers. It regenerates after bushfire by seed or by resprouting. A highly regarded garden plant, the common heath was first cultivated in England in 1825; over seventy named cultivars have been developed, most of which have now vanished. A pink-flowered form, often referred to as ""pink heath"", is the floral emblem of the state of Victoria. ""Epacris impressa"" has proven a difficult plant to propagate reliably, which has limited its use in horticulture and revegetation. It grows best in well-drained but moist soil in a semishaded position. ""Epacris impressa"" grows as a woody shrub with an erect habit,"
"their county. The aim was to spread awareness of the heritage of native species and about the need for conservation, as some of these species are endangered. For example, Somerset has adopted the Cheddar Pink (""Dianthus gratianopolitanus""), London the Rosebay Willowherb (""Chamerion angustifolium"") and Denbighshire/Sir Ddinbych in Wales the rare Limestone Woundwort (""Stachys alpina""). Wildflower A wildflower (or wild flower) is a flower that grows in the wild, meaning it was not intentionally seeded or planted. Yet ""wildflower"" meadows of a few mixed species are sold in seed packets. The term implies that the plant probably is neither a hybrid"
"first spotted it and ""Rosmarinus officinalis"" 'Miss Jessopp's Upright' (Miss Jessopp's Upright Rosemary) after a gardening neighbour, Euphemia Jessopp, for whom he also named the small white ""Crocus x jessoppiae"" in 1924. ""Erysimum"" 'Bowles' Mauve' was among ""200 plants for 200 years"" chosen by the RHS to mark its bicentenary in 2004 and, to coincide with the hundredth anniversary of the Chelsea Flower Show in 2013, was shortlisted (from among introductions between 1973–83) as one of ten ""plants of the centenary"". Other significant introductions included ""Viola"" 'Bowles' Black', cotton lavender 'Edward Bowles' (""Santolina pinnata"" subsp. ""neopolitana""), and Bowles' golden sedge"
"common bird-foot-trefoil (""Lotus corniculatus""). Less frequent species are lady's-mantle (""Alchemilla vulgaris""), dyer's greenweed (""Genista tinctoria""), corky-fruited water-dropwort (""Oenanthe pimpinelloides"") and adders-tongue (""Ophioglossum vulgatum""). Soft rush (""Juncus effusus""), sharp-flowered rush (""Juncus acutiflorus""), oval sedge (""Carex leporina""), common yellow-sedge (""Carex demissa""), carnation sedge (""Carex panicea""), common marsh-bedstraw (""Galium palustre""), marsh pennywort (""Hydrocotyle vulgaris""), ragged-robin (""Lychnis flos-cuculi""), greater birds-foot-trefoil (""Lotus uliginosus""), bog pimpernel (""Anagallis tenella"") and bristle clubrush (""Isolepis setacea""). Lambert's Castle Lambert's Castle is an Iron Age hill fort in the county of Dorset in southwest England. Since 1981 it has been designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) on"
"fruits from ""H. lupulus"" are used by breweries to preserve and flavor beer, and so ""H. lupulus"" is widely cultivated for use by the brewing industry. The fragrant flower cones, known as hops, impart a bitter flavor, and also have aromatic and preservative qualities. ""H. lupulus"" contains myrcene, humulene, xanthohumol, myrcenol, linalool, tannins, and resin. The genus name ""Humulus"" is a Medieval name that was at some point Latinized after being borrowed from a Germanic source exhibiting the h•m•l consonant cluster, as in Middle Low German ""homele"". According to Soviet Iranist V. Abaev this could be a word of Sarmatian"